Sikhism - Culture - Gurmat Veechar

Mecca - Madina
Guru Nanak Sahib visited Mecca - Madina in 1519. Vaaran Bhai
Gurdass stand testimony to it. But being, the birth place of Hazrat
Mohammad, the founder of Islam, non-Muslims are not allowed to
enter this city. Guru Nanak Sahib also visited this place with the dress
code of that of a Muslim and with the Islamic gestures. Some
monuments do exist those give proof of Guru Sahib's visit, yet no
shrine or Gurdwara appears to has been set up there as the same goes
against the very concept ofIslam.
Baghdad, Iraq
Gurudwara Baba Nanak
Baghdad, capital ofIraq, was visited by Guru Nanak Sahib on his way
back from Mecca and Madina. He stayed outside the city ofthe west of
Dajala (Tigris) River, about two kilometers north of Baghdad West
railway station. He held discourses with the people around. After the
Guru's departure, they raised a memorial in the form of a platform
where the Guru sat and discoursed. Sikh soldiers who went to lraq
during the First World War, 1914-18, raised a Gurdwara there, but now
only the room exists that is visited by Sikh and non-Sikh Punjabis who
have gone to the oil-rich Iraq as workmen since decades. However, as
it is located within the graveyard, visitors are banned from staying
overnight, cooking meals, holding Langar and Kirtan in view of the
sensitivities ofthe majority ofMuslim community.
Address: Near Baghdad West Railway Station (on Baghdad­
Samarra rail line), Baghdad (Iraq)
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